Judge Explains Oil Spill Fine

A British Columbia judge has explained a seven-figure corporate fine for an offshore spill that breached three Acts of Parliament. The $2.9 million penalty over the sinking of the tug Nathan E. Stewart is equivalent to less than one percent of the operator’s revenues: “The offence was not intentional.”

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